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Threat from automated web application attacks on the rise

Stuart Sumner

27 January 2012 • 1 min read

Many of these attacks can be prevented with proper website design and security scanning software

Web applications suffered nearly 38,000 cyber attacks per hour at their peak in the period between June and November last year. Whereas, for the period November 2010 to May 2011, applications ex...

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